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A bow and an apology: Mark Karpeles, CEO of Mt. Gox, was contrite at the start of a news conference in Tokyo on Friday in which it was announced that the firm has filed for bankruptcy. Kyodo/Reuters/Landov hide caption
The Blackphone, an Android software-based mobile, encrypts texts, voice calls and video chats. Albert Gea/Reuters/Landov hide caption
One of this season's Oscar-nominated shorts is Mr. Hublot, a French-language animated film about a reclusive man who must learn to adapt to a new housemate — a robot dog. Zeilt Productions hide caption
Law professor Lawrence Lessig has reached a settlement with an Australian record label that tried to sue him for infringement. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images hide caption
New research finds that 3 out of 4 remote workers are men. iStockphoto hide caption
Who else might be watching? Britain's spies collected millions of images from video chats, according to the latest secrets spilled by NSA leaker Edward Snowden. Paul Sakuma/AP hide caption
Images from a thermal imaging scanner are pictured on a computer screen at Bali's international airport. Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A 1992 copy of the world's first Web page. British physicist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A map of the U.S. lists the musical acts that set states apart from each other. It's not a matter of an artist's popularity, says Paul Lamere, who made the map, but of a state's distinct preferences. Paul Lamere, Director of Developer Platform at The Echo Nest hide caption
An image from a video by the COLLMOT Robotic Research Project shows a group of drones flying autonomously across a field. COLLMOT Robotic Research Project hide caption
When it comes to Internet security, many experts agree outsourcing can create added risks, even if they disagree on the merits of outsourcing in the first place. Igor Stevanovic/iStockphoto hide caption
Slim screens embedded into the walls of the aircraft can be dimmed or changed to one of many stored images. Spike Aerospace hide caption